I find it difficult to explain my love for whiskey. Of course, that may be because I'm too drunk to form a coherent sentence.

There's an art to length in online dating. A lot of weeks here, I'll see people write of their struggles with online dating and getting responses, but I'm rarely reading it early enough to give a timely response. I met my wife on OKCupid six years ago, so maybe things have changed, but I developed a formula for…

On first watch, I thought the speaker was Julius II, but after looking at a painting of him, it's not as spot on a match as I initially thought.

That's a lot of vitriol aimed at Peyton. He's certainly got some gaping holes in his playoff resume, but it's not really fair to take the Super Bowl away from him. The Colts beat the Ravens and Patriots in the playoffs. It's not their fault that the Bears were the best team in the NFC that year. I would say the…

This is only tangentially related, in that it's a video about football that's funny, but this put me in stitches.

After seeing the movie, I didn't really find the portrayal of LBJ to be problematic. I was convinced even further by Mark Harris' piece about the Selma smear campaign on Grantland. He concedes the point that LBJ didn't order Hoover to spy on King, but overall feels that all the LBJ people went to the movie looking for…

I actually much prefer Firth's performance in The King's Speech to Bridges' in True Grit, though I think True Grit is the superior film. I find Firth completely believable as someone trying to overcome stuttering. There's a physicality to it too, rather than just fumbling over words, you can see Firth's jaw start and…

I think we're largely in agreement here, except for whether Argo is Oscar bait or not. I don't disagree with your preference of Zero Dark Thirty over Argo, nor do I disagree with your original point of the Academy choosing safe choices over more daring films.

I don't really consider Argo to be a traditional Oscar-bait film. In my mind, it plays too much like a thriller to be considered Oscar-bait. I think the more Oscar-baity film that year was Lincoln.

I saw Stevie Wonder do Songs in the Key of Life in concert on Friday. I was curious if any other Chicago AV Clubbers were there.

While the traditional variety show may be dead, I would argue that a lot of the appeal of Jimmy Fallon as a talk show host has its roots in the variety show. He gets talented people, has do skits, sing, and dance, and they all look like they're having a great time while doing so. That's exactly what I think of when I…

"Let's It Be"
"Live and Let's Die"
"Don't Let's Me Be Misunderstood"

Uncle Ruckus always was the Goofus to Uncle Remus' Gallant.

I think Miller's right. Walks would be Gwynn's one "fault." He hit .338 for his career, but his OBP was .388. That puts him 18th for average and 112th for on-base.

If any team has a right to celebrate its past, it's the Yankees. I just feel the actual game day feel of a ballpark got left out.

Warren Oates hits the nail on the head about Yankee Stadium. It's not a ballpark. It's a museum. Everything about it is designed the celebrate the team's past.

I really liked Safeco, but its flaws are obvious. It's not quite in downtown Seattle. The roof is a gargantuan mass when open, and if you arrive by public transport, your first view is of an essentially unfinished side of the stadium. It's still in my top 6, but Target field doesn't have these problems.

I don't think anyone has really won from re-alignment from a sports perspective. The only wins have been financial.

I agree that geography played a big role in the mythologizing of the Big East. Also, a lot of sports broadcasters went to Syracuse, so they were naturally invested in the conference.

The yearly data is interesting. I know there are a lot of people, including myself, who consider 2007 an historically strong year for movies. It doesn't show up here though. I wonder if it fares better in median or 75th percentile.